The cell biology of lignification in higher plants

J Barros, H Serk, I Granlund, E Pesquet - Annals of botany, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background Lignin is a polyphenolic polymer that strengthens and waterproofs the cell wall
of specialized plant cell types. Lignification is part of the normal differentiation programme …

Exploiting SNPs for biallelic CRISPR mutations in the outcrossing woody perennial Populus reveals 4-coumarate: CoA ligase specificity and redundancy

X Zhou, TB Jacobs, LJ Xue, SA Harding, CJ Tsai - New Phytologist, 2015 - JSTOR
Phytologist Letters Forum 299 mutants are expected to shed further light on the functional
redundancy of the 4CL family. An advantage of gRNA stacking is the simplicity of construct …

Populus GT43 family members group into distinct sets required for primary and secondary wall xylan biosynthesis and include useful promoters for wood modification

C Ratke, PMA Pawar… - Plant biotechnology …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The plant GT 43 protein family includes xylosyltransferases that are known to be required for
xylan backbone biosynthesis, but have incompletely understood specificities. RT‐q PCR …

CRISPRing into the woods

CJ Tsai, LJ Xue - GM crops & food, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The CRISPR/Cas9 technology is a welcome breakthrough for genome editing, owing to its
precision, efficiency, versatility and ease of adoption. We recently reported the first …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of 4CL Genes in Desert Poplars and Their Changes in Expression in Response to Salt Stress

CH Zhang, T Ma, WC Luo, JM Xu, JQ Liu, DS Wan - Genes, 2015 - mdpi.com
4-Coumarate: CoA ligase (4CL) genes are critical for the biosynthesis of plant
phenylpropanoids. Here we identified 20 4CL genes in the genomes of two desert poplars …

Divergent and Overlapping Function of Five 4-Coumarate/Coenzyme A Ligases from Populus tomentosa

G Rao, X Pan, F Xu, Y Zhang, S Cao, X Jiang… - Plant molecular biology …, 2015 - Springer
Coumarate/coenzyme A ligases (4CLs) play key roles in the biosynthesis of plant secondary
compounds and act at the divergence point from general phenylpropanoid metabolism to …

Positive selection drives adaptive diversification of the 4‐coumarate: CoA ligase (4CL) gene in angiosperms

H Sun, K Guo, S Feng, W Zou, Y Li, C Fan… - Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin and flavonoids play a vital role in the adaption of plants to a terrestrial environment. 4‐
Coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4 CL) is a key enzyme of general phenylpropanoid …

Identification and expression analysis of 4-Coumarate: Coenzyme A ligase gene family in Dryopteris Fragrans

SS Li, Y Li, LL Sun, BZ Hu, Y Chang - Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2015 - cellmolbiol.org
Coumarate: coenzyme A ligase (4CL) catalyzes the conversion of hydroxycinnamates into
corresponding CoA esters for biosynthesis of flavonoids and lignin. It has been widely …

Relative quantification of gene expression levels associated with lignin biosynthesis in soybean seed coat

LM Mertz-Henning, AI Nagashima… - Seed Science and …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
There is genetic variability among soybean genotypes for seed quality, which may be
related to seed coat characteristics. An example of this is the variable lignin content in the …

Analysis of the role of MYB26-interactors and genes associated with anther dehiscence

R Makki - 2015 - eprints.nottingham.ac.uk
Pollen development is critical for plant reproduction. Numerous nuclear mutations affect the
function of pollen resulting in male sterility. The myb26 mutant is one such male sterile …